Nature and nurture in suicidal behavior, the role of genetics: some novel findings concerning personality traits and neural conduction.

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Suicide affects about one million people each year, a phenomenon characterized by heterogeneous and complex causes. Often environmental factors such as negative life events may act as a significant contributor to suicidal behavior. However, in many cases the exposure to the same environmental stress does not result in increased suicidality. It is now well established that there is also a substantial genetic...

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